"So, it's Xiao Nanzi who drugged the meal?" As soon as Ling Ruo's words fell, Xiao Nanzi hurriedly knelt down and said: "Niangniang Mingjian, the slave has not done anything, it was the slave who was on the way to deliver the meal, and was once hit by Qi Jia's family, and then it was the food box that she picked up for the slave, it should be the problem at that time." ”

"Oh? How could there be such a thing? Ling Ruo turned his head to Qi Jia, who had never spoken, and said, "Is it true that you poisoned the lunch that Liu promised?" ”

Qi Jiashi endured the fear in his heart, and shook his hand again and again, "The slave maid has never done anything, the slave maid really didn't want to bump into Nan's father-in-law at that time, as for poisoning or something, the slave and maid really don't know anything about it." ”

Nala said in a cold voice: "This palace has asked An Lu, and he said that he has often seen you coming and going near the imperial dining room recently, so you can tell me, what is going on?" ”

Qi Jiashi glanced at Ling Ruo in a panic, knelt down and said, "If you go back to Niangniang, the slave and maid don't know, but it should be just passing by the imperial dining room." Besides, what did the slave and maid do to harm Liu for no reason? ”

Liu's eyes were slightly red and said: "Why do you want to poison me, you know it in your own heart, it is nothing more than because the emperor found out what you did to me and demoted you to an official woman, so he held a grudge and poisoned me in his meal." Thanks to the silver I used at the time, I found out that the diet was poisonous in time, otherwise I would have lost my life by now. ”

"The slave didn't know what Liu promised to say, the emperor punished the slave and the maid as an official woman because the slave and the maid deserved it, and they had nothing to do with others; How could the slave and maid hold a grudge against Liu and agree!" Qi Jia's family is a little stupid on weekdays, but he still speaks well at critical moments, so that Liu can't find words for a while.

After motioning for Ling Ruo to sit down, Nala said, "So, are you really repentant?" ”

"Yes." As soon as Qi Jia's words fell, the Nala clan said: "Then why did you say that when Qian Moduo came from the palace just now, you said that you had a lot of resentment towards Liu Promise when you first came, and someone even heard you curse Liu Promise, how can this be explained?" ”

The Nala clan did a lot of kung fu, and after first sending the people from the imperial dining room and the internal affairs office to ask questions, he ordered Xiao Ningzi to pass on the Qi Jia clan. For the sake of it, it is naturally not just a little Qi Jiashi, but the person behind her!

Qi Jia's family was speechless by Nala's question, and looked at Ling Ruo as if asking for help, and the latter looked at the tea brought by the palace people: "Dare to ask Niangniang, except for Xiao Nanzi and Qian Moduo's words, what substantive evidence is there to prove that this matter is related to Qi Jia's family." ”

Nala glanced at her and said: "As far as the palace knows, Qi Jia's family has been to the imperial pharmacy, and the medicine in the meal has also been proved by the imperial doctor to be arsenic, Qi Jia's family has not been out of the palace, so if you want to get arsenic, you can only take it from the imperial pharmacy, this palace has ordered someone to pass on Zhao Fang, it will arrive soon, as for Qi Jia's residence, this palace also asked Du Juan to search, I believe there will be results soon." Speaking of this, she said to Qi Jia, who was kneeling on the ground with a panicked face: "This palace will give you the last chance, as long as you are willing to confess truthfully now, this palace will spare your life." ”

"Slave maid...... The slave maid ...... "Nala's words really made the Qi Jia clan hesitate a little, but when they saw Ling Ruo's cold warning gaze, the hesitation immediately disappeared, and was replaced by a resolute denial, "The slave maid really didn't do this, just before the slave maid stepped into the Kunning Palace, she didn't know anything, please Niang Niang Mingjian." ”

The Nala clan looked at Ling Ruo pointedly and said, "Concubine, you have been with the Qi Jia clan all the time, did she really not tell you anything?" ”

Ling Ruo bowed in the chair and said: "If the concubine knows that Qi Jia's clan poisoned and murdered Liu Xu, she will definitely let her confess truthfully, but the concubine really doesn't know about this matter, and the concubine feels that Qi Jia's clan is not like such a vicious person, maybe there is a misunderstanding." ”

Although Ling Ruo said it implicitly, how could the people present not hear the meaning of protection in her words, and the Liu family couldn't help but say: "Niangniang said this, just to protect Qi Jia's family?" ”

The gentle look on Ling Ruo's face gradually disappeared because of her words, and was replaced by an endless coldness, "Liu promised, if this palace had the intention of shielding Qi Jia's clan, she would not be here at this moment." You say this, but you want to slander the reputation of this palace? ”

Facing her questioning, Liu got up and said: "The concubine doesn't dare, and the concubine just said the suspicion in her heart, after all, since she came here, Niangniang has been helping Qi Jiashi speak, and said that she is not like such a vicious person." The concubine dared to ask the mother, if Qi Jia's family was not vicious, who was the person who tortured the concubine with the status of a nobleman? Is this also fake? ”

"If a man is not a sage, he can do no wrong; Since Qi Jiashi is willing to change, why should Liu promise to hold on to the past, this palace is very curious, has Liu promised to never do anything wrong? ”

Ling Ruo's words made Liu's heart tremble, because she suddenly remembered that the child who was strangled to death by her own hands, like Hongzhan, conceived in October, she gave him life, but she also ended his life.

"Nope!" Although Liu Shi quickly replied these two words, how could Ling Ruo not notice the pause in her middle, and said coldly: "In short, if this matter is inconclusive for a day, Qi Jiashi may not be the murderer who poisoned her." Believe this, and the queen will not have an opinion. ”

Nala nodded and said: "Everything will wait for Zhao Fang and Du Juan to come, Liu promised to sit down, this palace promises you, and will never let the people who hurt you go unpunished." ”

"Do as the mother wills." The Nala clan also spoke, and the Liu clan had to swallow the anger in her heart and sit down again, but her gaze kept rolling on Ling Ruo's and Qi Jia's faces.

Compared to Qi Jia's anxiety, Ling Ruo drank tea casually, not even looking at Liu, after waiting for a while, Zhao Fang arrived first, and brought the booklet that Nala asked for about the records of medicinal materials in the imperial pharmacy.

Entering the main hall, Zhao Fang patted his sleeves and knelt down and said: "The slave asks for peace for the queen's mother, for Xi Guifei, and for Liu Promise." ”

"Get up." After saying this, Nala didn't ask Zhao Fang directly, but looked at Sun Mo, who was ordered to pass on Zhao Fang, "Is the arsenic in the imperial pharmacy overweighed?" ”

Sun Mo said respectfully: "If you go back to your master, it is overweighed, and it is arsenic for a total of five catties, seven taels and three dollars." ”

Nala nodded, and then stretched out his slender hand towards Zhao Fang, Zhao Fang understood, and hurriedly handed over the booklet in his hand with both hands.

Nala looked through the pages and read all the records of medicinal materials in the six years of Yongzheng, arsenic was originally seven catties, and then for various reasons, one catty was used for eight taels and seven dollars, so the amount of arsenic is not lacking at all, just right. Among the people who took arsenic, there was no Qi Jia or any name related to Qi Jia.